About the Authors

Liam Payne

Liam.Payne@bristol.ac.uk

Affiliation Interface Analysis Centre, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 1TL, United Kingdom

Peter J. Heard

Affiliation Interface Analysis Centre, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 1TL, United Kingdom

Thomas B. Scott

Affiliation Interface Analysis Centre, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 1TL, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

Radioactive Waste Management is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, which is an Executive Non-Departmental Public Body of the Department of the Energy and Climate Change of the UK government. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LP TBS PJH. Performed the experiments: LP. Analyzed the data: LP TBS PJH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TBS. Wrote the paper: LP TBS PJH.